Cedar Fair stands ready to spend big money on a new roller coaster for 2013 at Cedar Point that will change the park landscape.

Code-named âCP Alt.Winged,â the coaster will have the âlongest drop, run the fastest and be the longest rideâ of its kind, Cedar Fair CEO Matt Ouimet wrote in Feb. 15 memo to Cedar Fairâs board of directors.

The total projected cost of the project is $25 million, a price that includes removing the parkâs Space Spiral and Disaster Transport rides and restructuring the park entrance.

Ouimet was unavailable for comment Tuesday.

Lee Alexakos, corporate vice president of marketing, declined to confirm the information in the memo.

âWe have not announced any plans for 2013 but we did announce a $25 million investment,â Alexakos said. âThis will be one of the largest capital expenditures ever.â

Alexakos said that with any ride or attraction Cedar Point undertakes, the company is always looking to set records.

The Swiss-based Bolliger & Mabillard Consulting Engineers is set to design the new ride, which was described in the memo as having a âFront Gate Statementâ a roller coaster that flies overhead, rolls and flies backâ highly visible above guests entering the park.â

The firm designed Cedar Pointâs Raptor.

A winged coaster is designed to suspend riders on wings to the sides of the rails so there is no track above or below the guest.

Engineering schematics show a proposed coaster with gravity defying twists, curves and rolls.

âRob Decker (Cedar Fair VP of planning and design) and others have done a great job of creating a compelling, economically attractive new coaster for Cedar Point,â Ouimet wrote. âWe believe this particular ride design with this particular manufacturer balances the desire for marketable innovation and risk associated with early adaptations of prototypes.â

Bolliger & Mabillard designed the first winged coaster for installation in Italy at a park known as Gardaland. The Six Flags Great American park outside of Chicago also has one of the companyâs winged coasters, called X-Flight.

The new ride at Cedar Point could promise to be a work horse available to guests at almost any time they are in the park.

âRob talked to operators of the first one in Italy and found no unanticipated negatives and very high ride reliability (less than 1 percent operational downtime).

Design plans show the new ride with a 170-foot tall lift that will fly overhead of park guests entering the park. It will have the longest track and longest ride time of any coaster of its style as it flies overhead, rolls and then fly back.

The huge roller coaster will dominate the front gate and the track will travel over a large parking area at the park.

âWe have several coasters that cover parking lots,â Ouimet wrote. âNot necessarily ideal, but certainly acceptable given tight site constraints and the amount of land such attractions require.â

Disaster Transport and the Space Spiral both would have to come down if the site plan currently under consideration is chosen.

Part of the $25 million investment will also include renovations and upgrades at the park entrance from the parking lot.

Cedar Point general manger John Hildebrandt was not available for comment on Tuesday.

Not surprised because of the rumors floating around lately. Although I am a bigger fan of Intamins, I'm glad it's a B&M because it will balance CP's already awesome coaster collection better than another Intamin would.

Its sad to see the once great disaster transport that sits now a shell of its old self all the old effects and even the a/c is gone lets hope that the give it a similar theme to disaster transport.... probably not

xTHE EDG3x Wrote:Its sad to see the once great disaster transport that sits now a shell of its old self all the old effects and even the a/c is gone lets hope that the give it a similar theme to disaster transport.... probably not

xTHE EDG3x Wrote:Its sad to see the once great disaster transport that sits now a shell of its old self all the old effects and even the a/c is gone lets hope that the give it a similar theme to disaster transport.... probably not

Hey, no worries... It will probably be relocated to Dorney Park!

I think i agree but will it come with the building? it could just be like avalanche like it originally was......

Some more intersting clues have been posted to CP's Facebook regarding what this new coaster may be:

"Something big is happening. Disaster Transport & Space Spiral will be dismantled this season to make space for @!!$!(*%%. We're sad to see them go, but are excited as we fly into the future. Stay tuned for more!"

Now notice this:

If you take the code out of the post above @!!$!(*%% it spells out Banshee

I don't have a single thing to complain about this at all. I like the colors, logo, name, layout, new gate, location, and everything. I just hope that they make the area under the ride have grass with some landscaping like it is in the renderings.

I'll be back up at Cedar Point in 2013 for sure because of this. I'm excited for the official announcement and videos!